Drat It: Candles are nice, but no match for sunshine

1:34 PM,
Feb. 28, 2014

Written by

Gere Goble
Features editor

Let's all say it together now: "We are SO ready for this winter to be over."

The skiers and snowmobile-riders may be having a great year, but the rest of us have had enough of this whole snow-and-cold thing, to put it mildly.

My winter outdoor activity is dog-walking. It is not fun to walk dogs on icy sidewalks. Sometimes, large dogs pounce unexpectedly. The human on the other end of the leash can suffer a rather ignominious fall. ...